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Gold‐Catalyzed Oxidative Aminocyclizations of Propargyl Alcohols and Propargyl Amines to Form Two Distinct Azacyclic Products: Carbene Formation versus a 3,3‐Sigmatropic Shift of an Initial Intermediate
Author(s) -
Sasane Amit Vijay,
Raj Antony Sekar Kulandai,
Chao TzuHsuan,
Chen MuJeng,
Liu RaiShung
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202003840
Subject(s) - propargyl , chemistry , catalysis , annulation , medicinal chemistry , carbene , mannich reaction , organic chemistry , alkyne
Gold‐catalyzed oxidations of propargyl alcohols with nitrones by using a P( t Bu) 2 ( o ‐biphenyl)Au + catalyst, afforded bicyclic annulation products from the Mannich reactions of gold enolates. The same reactions of propargyl amines with nitrones by using the same gold catalyst gave distinct oxoarylation products. Our DFT calculations indicate that oxidation of propargyl alcohols with nitrones by using electron‐rich gold catalysts lead only to gold carbenes, which can generate gold enolates or oxoarylation intermediates with enolate species having a barrier smaller than that of oxoarylation species.